id: 110810 accession number: 1929.335.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.335.b updated: 2025-05-01 11:03:30.881000 Sheath, 1900s. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu, 20th century. Leather and tin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House, 1929.335.b title: Sheath title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1900s creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1929 current location: creditline: Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House copyright: --- culture: Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu, 20th century technique: Leather and tin department: African Art collection: African Art type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2004-04-24T00:00:00 Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 24, 2004-March 15, 2005). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Western Reserve Historical Society (4/24/2004 - 11/27/2004): \'Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2004-04-24T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Acquired by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Ekibondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (then-Belgian Congo) date: 1928 footnotes: *
It appears on a checklist of "African Material" circa 1928 as one of "3 knives with sheathes. This tribe are the finest craftsmen in Africa. Mangbettu, Ekibondi Village, Northeastern Congo." Archives of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
citations: The Gilpin Players of Karamu House date: 1928 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift date: 1929– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.335.b/1929.335.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.335.b/1929.335.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.335.b/1929.335.b_full.tif